PhD student in Materials Chemistry

Closing date: 20 January 2017.

This project has an objective to contribute to the scientific basis of how task-specific activated carbons can be implemented in CO2 capture in post-combustion capture of CO2 and to test such separation on lab and industrial scales. Adsorption-driven capture of CO2 has the potential to reduce the cost for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The discovery that the assembly of synthetic nanocrystals proceeds through a two-step process where nanoparticles first agglomerate into an intermediate disordered state that then rapidly transforms into large ordered arrays is similar to what has been recently observed for many synthetic crystal and biominerals.

For the first time, scientists have been able to weave a material at molecular level. The research is led by University of California Berkeley, in cooperation with Stockholm University. The new material is presented in the scientific journal Science.

A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water. The research was recently published in a report in the scientific journal Science.

The Chemistry Section (KÖL)

Kemilärarnas Resurscentrum (KRC)

In June 1994 Kemilärarnas Resurscentrum, KRC got an assignment from the Swedish government to start a Centre supporting activities of chemistry teachers in Swedish compulsory and upper-secondary schools.